The term-limited sponsor of a says he鈥檚 hopeful it will pass before he leaves the House at the end of this month. The measure could be voted on in a House committee Wednesday.
Rep. John Patterson (D-Jefferson) and Rep. Bob Cupp (R-Lima) when they introduced it in June 2019.
Cupp is now the House Speaker, so Patterson is confident it will come to the floor after it鈥檚 voted out of committee.
But Patterson knows incoming Republican Senate President Matt Huffman (R-Lima), , may not be supportive.
鈥淗e has some concerns and we鈥檙e always willing to talk about those concerns. I mean, this is so complex we鈥檙e not going to be able to address all the needs all members might have but we welcome his input.鈥�
mirrors the Cupp-Patterson plan, and Patterson says he鈥檚 worked with sponsors Sens. Peggy Lehner (R-Kettering) and Vernon Sykes (D-Akron) in the hopes of moving it forward.
, school groups say the plan creates the first constitutional way to fund public schools since the Ohio Supreme Court鈥檚 landmark case in 1997.
But Patterson admits it鈥檚 just a road map and has no funding attached. It鈥檚 estimated if it were fully funded, it would add $2 billion a year to the more than $10 billion spent on K-12 education.
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